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General Motors' popular Chevrolet Beretta sports coupe is as hot as a pistol. In fact, it even has the same name as a pistol. GM denies any connection to the famed brand of Italian guns favored by both the fictitious James Bond and the very real U.S. Army. But last week Italy's Fabbrica d'Armi P. Beretta of Brescia fired off a $250 million suit against GM in Manhattan, charging that the automaker was guilty of trademark infraction and unfair competition...
...weekend drew to a close, the happiest participant probably was Cory Pina, 8, winner of a contest to name the fair's squid mascot, henceforth to be called Cal Amore. Receiving a $500 savings bond and a family trip to Disneyland (plus $500 in cash for his school), Cory is already well financed for next year's squid gala...
...intensity is reflected in the audience, which, unusual for Broadway, is more than 80% black. Black churches, civic groups and schools have bought blocks of tickets, swelling the theater with revival-level enthusiasm. "There's a family bond," explains Charnele Dozier Brown, the only American in the cast. During a recent matinee the spectators laughed, stomped, clapped and cried along with the musical's emotional tide. They lifted their voices to the anthem Freedom Is Coming Tomorrow. "You can relate to it," said Gloria Brown, a Newark cafeteria worker. Too much time has passed since the children of Sarafina! have...
...dream, she says, is to become theambassador to Israel of a yet-unestablishedPalestinian state. While most observers doubt thatthe two sides will be reconciled in the nearfuture, Khalil says she believes "the Palestinianand Israeli peoples are ready for a settlement."She adds, "There's a deep bond between thesepeoples, because they lived for centuries inpeace. It's not a deep-rooted conflict, but apolitical one, caused by the clashing ofnationalisms...
That camaraderie in the Black community can at times be at problem, especially when it comes to dating, Anderson says. "A lot of the Black people who come in the freshman class bond very quickly, and everyone becomes like a sister or a brother to you," she says. "So that means that dating is out the window. The Black community is so small that anybody who dated anybody was probably your friend, and you would probably feel very awkward, going behind the person that they dated...